Welcome to countdown. Chinese stocks weaker, volatility in the chinese currency, heading for the best month for the japanese currency. It is about the flow of money, isnt it . And we seem to be reflecting in terms of post g20, china dropping, money flowing into the yen, and ,raders have taken a position japanese long positions, the market is as long on yen as it has been since 2012, and that has been manipulated a little bit by the month and adjustments for the exporters selling dollaryen. He doesnt support this helicopter money, save the world, drop a bag of cash on it. That seems to be the consensus view. We will see how they interpret the commitments that the g20 made. How they see that as giving them cover or leaves them vulnerable. Lets talk about some of the other assets on the move. We have the oil price on the move again. The rig count at its lowest since 2009. 35. 32 nymex is weakened since the last few hours. Speculators raise their net long positions to the highest since pri
The most thrilling starts to basketball tournament. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Good morning. Its friday morning, chilly outside. Im going to take my bracket and throw it on the fire and burn it. Might as well. Youre not alone. One of the most incredible days ive seen. Upsets but perhaps the best was Georgia State beating baylor. The coach who ruptured his achilles the last game goes down. His son hits the gamewinning shot and a huge comeback. More on that. Looking forward to that. The story the cold. The first day of spring but you wouldnt know it from the weather. The forecast in a moment. First the Weather Channels mike seidel in hagerstown, maryland. Are you enjoying the start of spring . Reporter no place id rather be than here in a snowstorm in the mountains of western maryland. Its heavy wet snow. Weve had two to three inches and boy, when its 33, 34 degrees you can make snowba
And nail biting finishes in one of the most thrilling starts to s. And nail biting finishes in one of the most thrilling starts to. And nail biting finishes in one of the most thrilling starts to the ncaa basketball tournament ever, today, friday, march 20th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Morning, everyone. Its friday morning. Little chilly outside. Im going to take my bracket and just throw it on to the fire and burn it. Might as well. Youre not alone. It was one of the most incredible days of the tournament ive ever seen upsets everywhere you look. But perhaps the best was Georgia State beating baylor. The coach, ron hunter ruptured his achilles celebrating the last game goes down his son hits the game winning shot. A huge comeback. Carson will have a lot more on that in the orange room. The other big story is the cold. Sure it is the first day of spring but you wouldnt know it from the wea
Violence against its citizens in vietnam as riots spread against the country. Two candidates enter a second round of voting in the afghan president ial elections. The art world turns it asia as it becomes an important player in the multibillion industry. Now, feelings of despair and heart break in turkey turned into anger and led to violence as the county struggles to deal with its deadliest mining disaster. Families of some of the victims started to bury their relatives. 282 miners are confirmed dead, more believed to be buried deep in its coal pit that they were working in. Furthermore, there has been protests across the country following the disaster in soma. Riot place fired tear gas and water canons at demonstrators in ankara, on wednesday. The biggest trade union is threatening to go on strike on thursday over poor safety standard. A lot to talk about. We can talk to anita mcnout in istanbul in a minute. First the latest from Caroline Malone, in soma, outside the mine. More bodie
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